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Compensation and Pension Benefits -

Both Compensation and Pension Benefits are available through the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Compensation comes to veterans in the form of monthly payments in recognition of the effects of diseases, disabilities, and injuries (either incurred or aggravated during active service) that they have undergone.  Compensation is also awarded to surviving spouses, dependent children and dependent parents in recognition of the economic loss caused by a veterans death during active service, or discharge from military service as a result of a service-connected disability.

Pension is awarded to veterans who have been permanently and totally disabled as a result of an disability not related to military service.  Pension payment comes to veterans, and dependent spouses, children, and parents on a monthly basis.

A special time of allowance is given to children of service men and women who served in the Republic of Vietnam born with spina bifida.  The Spina Bifida Monthly Allowance is a  monthly allowance and falls under 38 U.S.C. 1805, and provides a monthly monetary allowance based on the degree of the disability of the child. 

Other Compensation and Pension Benefits include:
* Disability Compensation Benefits
* Disability Pension Benefits
* Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) 
* Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)  
* Death Pension Benefits
* Burial and Plot-Interment Allowances
* Burial Flag 
* Disability Compensation for Sexual Trauma 
* Benefits for Reservists and National Guard Members

 

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